Do I need to teach them how to fly?

[Gizmomania]

My 2 duskies have FINALLY grown out their flight feathers. However, neither one has even made an attempt to fly. I don't believe they were ever flighted before I got them, so I've begun to wonder if they actually need to be taught how to fly. One is 16 months old, and the other is 14 months old.

 

[Auggie's Dad]

Auggie was clipped very young too and was when I got him. I never clipped him and he took to flying once his feathers came in.

He didn't need to be *taught* but it did take him time to get confident in flying - now he flies all over.

Give it time.

 

[CaitlinBird]

Yes you do need to teach them. Chris biro has done FF with many birds and has an article to help get you started. Basic Flight Training | LibertyWings.com

 

[Gizmomania]

I had a feeling that I did. Thank you!

 

[Remy]

I had some fledgelings (not parrots), and they started flapping on their own to exercise their wings. I don't know if they would have figured it our on their own, but I helped them along by gently tossing them. I started with small distances like a couple feet, or onto the bed, and as their skills grew I would throw them farther.

 

[CaitlinBird]

You are welcome giz. Glad I could help!

 

[Lita]

I had to teach my conure to fly. My boyfriend and I, as Reginald's flight feathers came in, would set him on his out-of-his-cage perch and tempt him to jump onto our fingers by offering him a treat if he jumped. We moved our fingers farther and farther away from his perch, forcing him to use his wings to glide, then to flap and fly.

 

[JerseyWendy]

This is so odd. Is this a conure thing? When I had baby eclectus, I never had to teach them how to fly, they learned it all on their own. So did both my Amazons.

Not so long ago I got my Ripley, who had ALWAYS been clipped. Even he taught himself how to fly, now that his flight feathers have regrown.

 

[MikeyTN]

They will fly once they've figured out their flight feathers are back! BUT sometimes you need to give them a nudge. I had a few babies that refused to fly period....